Twenty government ministers were sworn in yesterday to form Israel's 30th government. They include 13 Likud party ministers, five from Shinui, and two from the National Union.



From the Likud:

Ariel Sharon - Prime Minister

Sha'ul Mofaz - Defense

Binyamin Netanyahu - Finance

Silvan Shalom - Foreign Affairs

Tzachi HaNegbi - Public Security

Ehud Olmert - Industry and Trade, and Acting Prime Minister

Limor Livnat - Education, Culture and Sport

Tzippy Livni - Immigrant Absorption

Danny Naveh - Health

Yisrael Katz - Agriculture

Gideon Ezra - without portfolio, responsible for coordinating government and Knesset relations

Uzi Landau - without portfolio

Meir Sheetrit - without portfolio



Shinui:

Avraham Poraz - Interior

Yosef Tommy Lapid - Justice

Yehudit Naot - Environment

Yosef Paritzky - Infrastructures

Eliezer (Modi) Zandberg - Science and Technology



National Union:

Avigdor Lieberman - Transportation

Benny Elon - Tourism